Thread: 351w engine/flywheel/clutch balance
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Old 03-08-2005, 08:00 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: FFR #2776, 351w, never dyno'd, just know it has more guts than me.
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Default 351w engine/flywheel/clutch balance
I just picked up a 351w long block which had recently been built and balanced. I'm now shopping for a flywheel and clutch to hang on the back of it. Can I reasonably just balance the flywheel/clutch assembly and hang it on the engine and assume all is well or do I have to pull the guts out of the engine and do the whole thing together?
OK, now here's the "dumb" question...I've been around engines all my life (mostly furrin stuff) and I'm quite familiar with balancing the internals. Now I'm faced with this 351 and I hear all this talk about 28 oz. and 50 oz. imbalance in the flywheel. Hey, I thought the whole idea is to balance these things. I know there's a logical and simple explanation for this, but so far I haven't been able to find it. Anybody wanta take a shot at it?
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